William Baer

He is the winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, an NEA Fellowship for fiction, and the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Award. Dr. Baer was the founding editor and publisher of The Formalist (1990-2004). He earned his B.A. from Rutgers University, an M.A. in English from New York University, an M.A. in Writing from The Johns Hopkins University, an M.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of South Carolina under James Dickey. He is the author of twelve books, including "Borges" and Other Sonnets"; "Writing Metrical Poetry"; "Luis de Camoes: Selected Sonnets"; "Conversations with Derek Walcott"; and "Elia Kazan: Interviews". His award-winning playFacts|date=January 2008 "The Amistad Case" was produced at the Dayton Playhouse, and his bio-drama "Guiteau" was performed at the Metropolitan Theater of New York. He has also received an ATHE Development Award and the James K. Wilson Playwriting Award. He also received brief fameFacts|date=January 2008 when his obituary was prematurely published by the New York Times due to a hoax by his students.

He currently teaches creative writing, cinema, and world cultures at the University of Evansville.

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* [http://english.evansville.edu/ContactsFaculty.htm#Baer William Baer at the University of Evansville]
* [http://english.evansville.edu/BaerNews.htm Professor Wins Guggenheim Award]